"UN's Shipping Agency IMO Agrees to CO2-Cutting Proposals"
The UN-based International Maritime Organisation (IMO), which regulates ocean shipping, agreed Friday to voluntary proposals aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2009
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Fishing for Solutions for Poisoned Trinity River
An abandoned river -- the Trinity -- runs through Dallas. Storms wash old industrial poisons into it via ditches. As poisons accumulated in its sediments, fish became dangerous to eat. "So people stayed away, and over time, it no longer mattered which came first -- the toxic fish or the abandoned river."
Source: Dallas News, 07/20/2009
"Will Global Warming Bill Kill Coal?"
The cap-and-trade climate bill which is the focus of West Virginia protests is packed with help for the coal industry.
Source: Charleston Gazette, 07/20/2009
"Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska"
The mysterious, miles-long "blob" found floating in the Chukchi Sea is not an oil spill or alien life-form, according to early tests, but an unusual algal bloom.
Source: TIME, 07/20/2009
"Do Contaminants Play a Role in Diabetes?"
"A Great Lakes study linking a pesticide in fish to diabetes adds to the growing chorus of studies suggesting that environmental contaminants may play a role in the widespread disease."
Source: Env. Health News, 07/20/2009
"Thousands Flee Western Canadian Wildfires"
Winds are whipping up wildfires in a British Columbia community where housing subdivisions have encroached on surrounding forests in recent years. Thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes.
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2009
"Clinton Prepares To Sign India Nuke Deal"
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India will bring a $10-billion deal to sell U.S. nuclear reactors to that country -- but probably not break the impasse on whether India will join other nations trying to limit greenhouse emissions.
Source: AP, 07/20/2009
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
SEJ members are saddened at the passing of Walter Cronkite, a member of our Advisory Board. He was a consummate professional, who redefined the role of television anchorman, and who inspired many of us to become reporters.
Its Economy in Shambles, The Midwest Goes Green
It took awhile, but the U.S. Midwest finally has recognized that the industries that once powered its economy will never return. Now leaders in the region are looking to renewable energy manufacturing and technologies as key to the heartland’s renaissance.
Source: YaleE360, 07/17/2009
"43 New Coal Plants Would Escape Climate Bill CO2 Standards"
"A new burst of coal-fired power plant construction now underway -- the largest in decades -- will put 43 new coal plants on American soil in the next five years, and all of them will escape the performance standards written into the climate bill now moving through Congress."
Source: SolveClimate, 07/17/2009
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